Aunty Millie Ingram is a Wiradjuri Elder, born and raised on an Aboriginal reserve, Erambie, in Wiradjuri country (Cowra) in central NSW. She has worked for many community organizations and government, and for 10 years was CEO of Wyanga Aboriginal Aged Care.
Aunty Millie was part of the panel for the Big Thinking Forum From 1967 to 2067 (Sydney Festival 2017), reflecting on the changes over the last 50 years since the 1967 Referendum and exploring what the next 50 years may hold.
For this year’s Faces of Sydney Festival, artist Thea Anamara Perkins – an Arrernte and Kalkadoon woman – was commissioned to create four bold portraits of the First Nations people who have been an intrinsic part of the Festival over the years, to mark Wesley Enoch’s incredible tenure as Artistic Director of Sydney Festival.
The paintings were brought to life by local animators Timothy Lee / Juune李 and David Lobb working closely with Thea Perkins, with original music composed by multi-instrumentalist Lama Zakaria, and will be premiered on screens this summer both online and across the Sydney Festival precinct.
